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Town Open Space (Ivy Hill Road)

Town Open Space (Ivy Hill Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Ivy Hill Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Hull Place) 2 Parcels, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.6 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.28458, -73.47573

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • East Ridge Fields: 0.7 mi
  • Governor Park: 0.9 mi
  • East Ridge Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Ballard Park: 1.2 mi
  • Ridgefield Recreation Center: 1.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 12.8 mi
  • South Beach: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 54
Waterfalls: 26
  • Sheep Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Cascade: 3.3 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade: 4.4 mi
  • Cascade: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 18
  • Annunaki: 5.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 6.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.7 mi
  • greek letter pi: 9.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pell Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
  • The Meadow: 11.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 11.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 11.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 2.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Town Open Space (Ivy Hill Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainN 352°304 m4.6 mi
Bailey MountainWNW 296°299.314 m4.4 mi
Moses MountainN 6°296 m5.2 mi
Barlow MountainNNW 338°290 m3.1 mi
Thomas MountainN 10°286 m5.7 mi
West MountainWNW 297°285 m3.0 mi
Ned MountainNNW 333°284 m4.9 mi
Seth Low MountainNNW 328°283 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43434068

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